Belize
| Articles |
1.2.1 (a), (b), (c)
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1.2.2
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1.2.3
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| Indicative date of implementation | 22 February 2020 |
| Definitive date of implementation | 31 December 2023 |
| Assistance required for implementation |
1. Legal aid required to: - Develop policy (guided by international standards) and guidelines. - Revise/Amend or Repeal the existing laws to take into considerations publication provisions as prescribed under the AILP. 2. Training on NTBs/WTO AILP. 3. Technical assistance and financial support in area of IT for safeguarding and protecting the authenticity of documents that are uploaded to avoid unauthorized use and manipulation. Note: TACB identified in Art. 1.1 also applicable here: 1. External Financial assistance to implement electronic version of Belize’s Customs tariffs and nomenclature and the electronic Customs Procedure Manual. 2. Development of systems to safeguard and protect the authenticity of documents that are uploaded to avoid unauthorized use and manipulation. 3. Diagnostic study on the relevance of the import licensing regime by product categories, so as to provide the scope for a modern policy/legal framework. Legal aid is required to proceed. 4. Develop a trade portal requiring a functioning website for the Directorate General for Foreign Trade. 5. Technical assistance to assess current infrastructure and recommendations for the development and implementation of an electronic trade management information system. Assistance should be inclusive of equipment and requisite training at all levels. 6. External financial and technical assistance for a comprehensive information system for BAHA which will allow for electronic transactions and information sharing. 7. External financial and technical assistance for the review and drafting of Sanitary and Phytosanitary regulations and bills. 8. Technical assistance to ensure that the policy for the provision of trade and trade related information is in line with Government policies and regulations. 9. Technical assistance needed to design a communications framework that meets the needs of BAHA and its stakeholders. 10. Training and IT development/advancement. 11. Technical and financial assistance to develop and implement a wide-area network for BAHA. |
| Donor / Agency |
Caribbean Development Bank |
| Progress reported |
10 March 2023 — G/TFA/N/BLZ/4Trade-related information are accessible to traders on various national websites Belize, however, has not been able to secure donor assistances in the following areas:• To develop a trade portal within the website for the Directorate General for Foreign Trade. • In securing technical and financial assistance to develop and implement a wide-area network for BAHA. In addition, the Belize Customs and Excise Department require technical and financial assistance to improve its website and build capacity in website design to support greater publication of trade information. |